PGY-1 Didactics Curriculum (2025-2026)

PGY-1 Didactics 2025-2026

Updated 8/14/2025

7/2/25

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Overview with Chief Residents

Chief residents

2:00-3:00PM 

Intro to Residency with Program Director

Lauren Spring (SBUH residents)

Eduardo Constantino (ELIH residents)

 

3:00-4:00PM

Intro to CPEP

Poonam Gill

 

7/9/25

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

CPEP Series

Andrew Krebo

2:00-3:00PM

Restraints: Orders and Documentation

Lauren Spring

3:00-4:00PM

De-escalation

Jonathan Stone

 

7/16/25

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Cultural Psychiatry- Introduction

Wilfred Farquharson  

2:00-3:00PM

The Psychiatric Evaluation

Ryan Montes, Romil Sareen, & Lauren Spring

3:00-4:00PM

Introduction to Hospital-Based Social Work

Diana Fogarty & Maria Christiansen

 

7/23/25

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

The Psychiatric Evaluation

Ryan Montes, Romil Sareen, & Lauren Spring

2:00-3:00PM

Hospital-Based Social Work Continued

Diana Fogarty & Maria Christiansen

3:00-4:00PM

Introduction to Motivational Interviewing

Courtney O’Brien

 

7/30/25

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

CPEP Series

Andrew Krebo

2:00-4:00PM

Intro to Psychopharmacology (Teams only)

 

Eduardo Constantino

 

8/6/25

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Cultural Psychiatry:
Concepts of Culture, Race, Ethnicity & Identity

Veronica Tapia

2:00-3:00PM

The Psychiatric Formulation (Bio-Psycho-Social Model)

Amit Patel

3:00-4:00PM

Mental Status Examination

 

Andrew Yang

CANCELLED

 

 

 

8/13/25

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

The Psychiatric Evaluation

Ryan Montes and Romil Sareen

2:00-3:00PM

Psychotic disorders  

Krebo

3:00-4:00PM

Psychopharm Basics

Ahmed NO SHOW

 

8/20/25

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

DSM-5 Psychotic Disorders Diagnostic Criteria

Jodi Weinstein

2:00-3:00PM

Safety planning video & discussion

Lauren Spring

3:00-4:00PM

Resident as a Teacher

Ilana Yel

 

8/27/25

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-3:00PM

Interviewing Patients with Psychosis

Patricia Osborne & Peter Weiden

3:00-4:00PM

New Onset Psychosis, Prodromal and At-Risk States

 

Roberto Gil

 

 

9/3/25

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

First Line Psychopharmacology for Psychotic Disorders

Andrew Krebo

2:00-3:00PM

Residents as Role Models

Lauren Spring

3:00-4:00PM

Psychopharm Basics

Saghir Ahmed

 

9/10/25

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Bipolar Disorders

Matthew Sherman

2:00-3:00PM

Intro to Mood Stabilizers

Andrew Krebo

 

3:00-4:00PM

Managing Common Side Effects

Andrew Krebo

 

9/17/25 Wellness Afternoon

 9/24/25

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Cultural Self Awareness for Psychiatrists

Lauren Spring & Anna Coward

2:00-3:00PM

Depressive Disorders

Benjamin DeLucia

3:00-4:00PM

Medication Management for Depressive Disorders

Amit Patel

 

10/1/25

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Anxiety Disorders

Courtney Liebling

2:00-3:00PM

Residents as Role Models

Patricia Osborne

3:00-4:00PM

Managing Common Side Effects

Andrew Krebo

 

10/8/25 – PRITE Exam – No lectures

10/15/25

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Sexual Orientation: definition of terms & taking a sexual history with LGBTQ. The Importance of language and pronouns

Patty Osborne & Jonathan Grossman

2:00-3:00PM

Eating disorders

Genna Hymowitz and P. Osborne

 

3:00-4:00PM

Tobacco-Related Disorders

Omer Talpur

 

10/22/25

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders

Emily Hill

2:00-3:00PM

The SAFE Act

Laura Fochtmann

3:00-4:00PM

Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders

Walter Piddoubny

Walter.piddoubny@gmail.com

 

10/29/25

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Poonam Gill

2:00-3:00PM

Working with Pregnant Patients

Courtney Liebling

3:00-4:00PM

Neurocognitive Disorders

Walter Piddoubny

Walter.piddoubny@gmail.com

 

11/5/25

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Dissociative Disorders

Mason Chacko

2:00-4:00PM

Eating Disorders

Marianne Tateosian

 

 

11/12/25

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Overcoming Language Barriers: working with interpreters, translators and cultural brokers

 

Anna Coward & Jonathan Grossman

 

2:00-3:00PM

Somatic symptoms & related disorders

Ilana Yel

 

3:00-4:00PM

First-Line Medications for Sleep

Omer Talpur

 

 

11/19/25

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Addiction Psychiatry: General Review of Clinical Aspects and management

Jeremy Herschler

2:00-3:00PM

Interview Styles

Amit Patel

3:00-4:00PM

Medicine for Inpatient Psychiatry

Mason Chacko 

 

11/26/25

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:30PM

Sexual Dysfunctions & Paraphilic Disorders

Omer Talpur

2:30-4:00PM

Working with Patients with Borderline Personality Disorders

Andrew Yang

 

12/3/25

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Sleep Disorders

Satya Vatti

2:00-3:00PM

Interview Styles

Amit Patel

3:00-4:00PM

Personality Disorders

Benjamin DeLucia

 

12/10/25

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Cultural Psychiatry: Take a stand: Social barometer activity & reflections

Wil Farquharson

2:00-3:00PM

Medication Treatment for Symptoms of Personality Disorders

Emily Hill

3:00-4:00PM

Interview Styles

Amit Patel

 

12/17/25 Wellness Afternoon

12/24/25

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-4:00PM

 Open for cancellations

 

 

12/31/25

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-4:00PM

 Open for cancellations

 

 

1/7/26

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Overview with Chief Residents

Chief Residents

2:00-3:00PM 

Intro to Residency with Program Director

Lauren Spring (SBUH residents)

Eduardo Constantino (ELIH residents)

 

3:00-4:00PM

Restraints: Orders and Documentation

Lauren Spring

 

1/14/26

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Resident as a Teacher

Ilana Yel

2:00-3:00PM

The Psychiatric Evaluation

Ryan Montes, Romil Sareen, & Lauren Spring

3:00-4:00PM

CPEP Series

Andrew Krebo

 

1/21/26

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Cultural Psychiatry- Introduction

Wilfred Farquharson 

2:00-3:00PM

The Psychiatric Evaluation

Ryan Montes, Romil Sareen, & Lauren Spring

3:00-4:00PM

Introduction to Hospital-Based Social Work

Diana Fogarty & Maria Christiansen

 

1/28/26

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:30PM

The Psychiatric Evaluation

Ryan Montes, Romil Sareen, & Lauren Spring

2:30-4:00PM

Introduction to Motivational Interviewing

Courtney O’Brien

 

 

2/4/26

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

The Mental Status Examination

 Andrew Yang

2:00-4:00PM

Intro to Psychopharmacology (Teams only)

 

Eduardo Constantino

 

2/11/26

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

CPEP Series

Andrew Krebo

2:00-3:00PM

Psychopharm Basics

Saghir Ahmed

3:00-4:00PM

The Psychiatric Formulation (Bio-Psycho-Social Model)

Amit Patel

 

2/18/26

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Cultural Psychiatry:
Concepts of Culture, Race, Ethnicity & Identity

Veronica Tapia

2:00-3:00PM

Intro to Psychotic Disorders

Andrew Krebo

3:00-4:00PM

Hospital-based social work

 

Diana Fogarty & Maria Christiansen

2/25/26

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

DSM-5 Psychotic Disorders Diagnostic Criteria

Jodi Weinstein

2:00-3:00PM

Residents as Role Models

Lauren Spring

3:00-4:00PM

Safety planning video & discussion

Lauren Spring

 

3/4/26

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-3:00PM

Interviewing Patients with Psychosis

Patricia Osborne & Peter Weiden

3:00-4:00PM

New Onset Psychosis, Prodromal and At-Risk States

 

Roberto Gil

 

 

3/11/26 

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Psychopharm Basics

Saghir Ahmed

2:00-3:00PM

Residents as Role Models

Patricia Osborne

3:00-4:00PM

First Line Psychopharmacology for Psychotic Disorders

Andrew Krebo

 

3/18/26 Wellness Afternoon

3/25/26

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Cultural Self Awareness for Psychiatrists

Lauren Spring & Anna Coward

 

2:00-3:00PM

Intro to Mood Stabilizers

Andrew Krebo

 

3:00-4:00PM

Managing Common Side Effects

Andrew Krebo

 

 

4/1/26

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Bipolar Disorders

Matthew Sherman

2:00-3:00PM

Depressive Disorders

Benjamin DeLucia

3:00-4:00PM

Medication Management for Depressive Disorders

Amit Patel

 

4/8/26

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Eating Disorders

Marianne Tateosian

 

2:00-3:00PM

The SAFE Act

Laura Fochtmann

3:00-4:00PM

Managing Common Side Effects

Andrew Krebo

 

4/15/26

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Sexual Orientation: definition of terms & taking a sexual history with LGBTQ. The Importance of language and pronouns

Patti Osborne & Jonathan Grossman

2:00-3:00PM

Eating disorders

Genna Hymowitz and P. Osborne

 

3:00-4:00PM

Tobacco-Related Disorders

Omer Talpur

 

4/22/26

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders

Emily Hill

2:00-3:00PM

Interview Styles

Amit Patel

3:00-4:00PM

Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders

Walter Piddoubny

Walter.piddoubny@gmail.com

 

4/29/26

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Poonam Gill

2:00-3:00PM

Working with Pregnant Patients

Courtney Liebling

3:00-4:00PM

Neurocognitive Disorders

Walter Piddoubny

 

5/6/26

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Dissociative Disorders

Mason Chacko

2:00-3:00PM

Anxiety Disorders

Courtney Liebling

3:00-4:00PM

Major Depressive Disorder in Pregnancy and Postpartum & Substance Use Disorders and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders in Women of Reproductive Age

Michelle Salz

 

5/13/26

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Overcoming Language Barriers: working with interpreters, translators and cultural brokers

 

Anna Coward & Jonathan Grossman

 

2:00-3:00PM

Sleep Disorders

Satya Vatti

3:00-4:00PM

First-Line Medications for Sleep

Omer Talpur

 

5/20/26

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Addiction Psychiatry: General Review of Clinical Aspects and management

Jeremy Herschler

2:00-3:00PM

Interview Styles

Amit Patel

3:00-4:00PM

Medicine for Inpatient Psychiatry

Mason Chacko 

 

5/27/26

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:30PM

Sexual Dysfunctions & Paraphilic Disorders

Omer Talpur

2:30-4:00PM

Personality Disorders

Benjamin Delucia

 

6/3/26 Resident Retreat – No Classes

6/10/26:

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Somatic symptoms & related disorders

Ilana Yel

3:00-4:00PM

Working with Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder

Andrew Yang

 

6/17/26

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-2:00PM

Cultural Psychiatry: Take a stand: Social barometer activity & reflections

Wil Farquharson

2:00-3:00PM

Interview Styles

 

Amit Patel

3:00-4:00PM

Medication Treatment for Symptoms of Personality Disorders

Emily Hill

 

6/24/26:

Time

Course

Faculty

1:00-4:00PM

 Open for cancellations